Northern Renaissance
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The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps, developing later than the Italian Renaissance, and in most respects only beginning in the last years of the 15th
Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434, National Gallery, London. An Italian merchant based in Bruges in modern Belgium
The Adoration of the Magi in the snow, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, 1584–1638
Reproduction of Johannes Gutenberg-era Press on display at the Printing History Museum in Lyon, France.
The Ghent Altarpiece (interior view) by Hubert and Jan van Eyck, completed 1432. Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.
Renaissance
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The Renaissance was a European period of history and cultural movement taking place at the end of the Late Middle Ages and the beginning of the early modern era. It is variously defined as covering th
Portrait of a Young Woman (c. 1480–85) (Simonetta Vespucci) by Sandro Botticelli
View of Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance
Coluccio Salutati
Detail of a portrait of Cardinal Hugh of Saint-Cher (wearing spectacles), painted by Tommaso da Modena in 1352. Tommaso trained in Venice and worked mostly in Northern Italy.